Category: Travel
Turkey has barred a scheduled gay cruise from docking in the port city of Kuşadası, citing the country’s “moral values”, following another crackdown on LGBTQ+ Pride events. The Athens-to-Venice cruise, chartered by American LGBTQ+ travel company Atlantis Events, was prevented from stopping in Turkey on 7 July as originally planned. The cruise was aboard Virgin […]
Washington DC has always known how to turn Independence Day into a spectacle. But this year, the United States marked 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence; YOUR EX’s Matt Fistonich discovered that the capital felt even more charged than usual. By late afternoon, the city was shimmering in crazy 40+ summer […]
New research has highlighted the difficult choices many LGBTQ+ New Zealanders continue to face when travelling abroad The findings come from Booking.com’s latest Travel Proud Research Report, the company’s most comprehensive LGBTQ+ travel survey so far. The research surveyed 13,300 LGBTQ+ travellers across 19 countries, including New Zealand, and examined the attitudes, behaviours and safety […]
New research from Booking.com’s Travel Proud Report suggests that many LGBTQ+ people feel the need to go back into the closet while travelling. The report surveyed 13,300 LGBTQ+ travellers across 19 countries and found that only 31% of respondents globally said they were “out” while travelling. It also found that 40% of LGBTQ+ travellers would […]
YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall finds California’s queer oasis still knows how to make gay travellers feel right at home. Palm Springs has a way of slowing your pulse before you have even unpacked. The mountains sit around the city like a painted backdrop. The street lighting is low, and the town feels warm and unhurried. […]
Grindr has released new data about the travel habits of some of its users. According to the app, the top cities where users are most often registered as “travelling” are Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York City, Bangkok, São Paulo and Berlin. Paris continues to hold strong appeal for LGBTQ+ travellers, while destinations such as […]
Your Ex’s Oliver Hall discovers Laguna Beach, Southern California’s boho-chic coastal escape Leaving the sprawl and spectacle of LAX and then Anaheim behind, the highways slim, the skies clear, and the landscape softens into gorse-covered hills and coastal peaks. We make the journey with Karmel Shuttle, who can take visitors directly to Laguna Beach from […]
For queer travellers from Aotearoa, northern hemisphere Pride season has always had a certain magic. It arrives just as New Zealand settles into winter, offering the perfect excuse to swap grey skies for long summer evenings, open-air stages, packed streets, historic queer neighbourhoods, and cities that know how to turn protest into spectacle. In 2026, […]